Robert John Braidwood

Robert John Braidwood
Born	(1907-06-29)June 29, 1907 Detroit, Michigan
Died	January 15, 2003(2003-01-15) (aged 95) Chicago, Illinois
Spouse	Linda Braidwood
Academic background
Education	University of Michigan (MA, 1933) University of Chicago (PhD, 1943)
Thesis	The comparative archaeology of early Syria: from the time of the earliest known village cultures through the Akkadian period. (1943)
Doctoral advisor	James Henry Breasted
Academic work
Discipline	Archaeology
Sub-discipline	Near Eastern archaeology Archaeological science
Institutions	University of Chicago
Doctoral students	Robert McCormick Adams Jr. Patty Jo Watson
Notable students	Kent Flannery Frank Hole

Robert John Braidwood (29 July 1907 – 15 January 2003) was an American archaeologist and anthropologist, one of the founders of scientific archaeology, and a leader in the field of Near Eastern Prehistory.